equipped; equipping
1
: to furnish for service or action by appropriate provisioning
equip an army
3
: to make ready : prepare
wasn't equipped to handle the pressures of the job
Examples of equip in a Sentence
Verb
More money was needed to train and equip the troops.
Equipped with a hoe and a shovel, I headed for the garden.
Her training has equipped her to deal with emergencies.
She is well-equipped to deal with emergencies.
Those students are not equipped for the challenges of college.
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Jason Phillips, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
Staying here is almost like sleeping in the airport—if that hard floor and quiet corner were equipped with Westin’s signature Heavenly Beds, privacy, and an indoor pool, that is.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Ride quality is another major focus of the Buick Electra E7, which is equipped with a pre-emptive RTD continuously variable damping suspension system designed to adapt in real time to changing road conditions.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Jan. 2026
If the department has a plan to increase services — say, by ensuring at least one hospital in a region is equipped to deliver babies — that would be a different story, but the state would have to have some way of compensating hospitals taking on unprofitable services, Stansbury said.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Liv’s Radiation Oncology department is equipped with the MR Linac, a platform reflecting recent advances in medical technology and care coordination.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
Staying here is almost like sleeping in the airport—if that hard floor and quiet corner were equipped with Westin’s signature Heavenly Beds, privacy, and an indoor pool, that is.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Ride quality is another major focus of the Buick Electra E7, which is equipped with a pre-emptive RTD continuously variable damping suspension system designed to adapt in real time to changing road conditions.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Jan. 2026
If the department has a plan to increase services — say, by ensuring at least one hospital in a region is equipped to deliver babies — that would be a different story, but the state would have to have some way of compensating hospitals taking on unprofitable services, Stansbury said.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for equip
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“Equip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equip. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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